Morton Pennypacker
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Morton Pennypacker (1872 - 1956) was a collector of Long Island, New York historical material and author of several books on Long Island history, including "George Washington's Spies."
Born in Pennsylvania, Pennypacker moved to New York City a little after the turn of the 20th century before moving to South Hampton, New York on Long Island.
A writer and publicist by trade, he made a private hobby of collecting historical materials related to Long Island which eventually amounted to what is today called the Morton Pennypacker Collection, which contains some 20,000 odd books, papers, manuscripts, pictures, and other documents pertaining to the history of Long Island.
The Collection is housed in the East Hampton Free Library, though often items of it are circulated through other libraries. Pennypacker died at the age of 84.
